Protests planned against SC order on gay sex

Gay activists and students as well as youths supporting decriminalisation of homosexuality will hold protests in the city on Saturday.

TNN | Dec 19, 2013, 12:55 IST

VADODARA: Gay activists and students as well as youths supporting decriminalisation of homosexuality will hold protests in the city on Saturday. Two different organisations that had differed on gay prides being held in Surat and Ahmedabad will hold programmes on the same day.

Gay prince from Rajpipla Manvendra Singh Gohil will participate in a protest organised by Lakshya Trust that was founded by him. It has organized a silent demonstration to protest against the recent Supreme Court verdict that overturned a Delhi high court judgment decriminalizing homosexuality.

Besides homosexuals and Lakshya activists, transgenders and representatives of other NGOs will also join the protests. Lakshya has called upon citizens to join the event stating that it was not just about gay rights, but also human rights.

The day, however, will begin with a protest march by MS University (MSU) students supported by Gujarat LGBT Pride Festival and Foram Foundation that have come into focus recently by organizing gay prides in Surat and Ahmedabad. Swagat Shah from Foram Foundation said that the initiative was unique as it had been organized by students who were not from the community.

"Members of LGBT community and others too will come together in public in this novel initiative. When the students sought our support, we accepted the proposal," Shah said.

The two separate events organized by an otherwise closely knit community had sent tongues wagging in the last couple of days. This was in the wake of the fact that Gohil had been critical of the prides being organized in the state as it felt that there was little to take pride in till the issue of decriminalization was not settled in the court.

But Gohil put all speculation regarding Saturday's event at bay saying that even Lakshya members would attend the rally in the morning. Shah had stated earlier in the day that he and others would attend the Lakshya protest in the evening.

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